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HINDU MEDICINE
A. MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE
i. BY, PIT, CUFF
Earl. MS. 4254, fol. 18.
(a) The Hindoos reckon upon 3 humors in mans
body, vizt., By [bat, air], Pitt [fit, bile]. Cuff [kaf,
phlegm], which they know by the pulse upon the right
hand, lying one finger neare the bottome of the thumb
upon the pulse upon the wrist, and that is for Cuff;
another finger by it nearer the arme and that is for
Pitt; and another nearer the arme and that is for By.
So that if the pulse under the last finger named beate
high, then is the body full of By; if under the other,
then of Pit; if under the other, then of Cuff. If all the
3 beat high, then is the body inclining to a fever;
if low and even, then is little nature [vital power] in a
man; if indifferent high and even, then in good
health, if have good stomack [digestion].
When the By abounds, the Belly, Armes and Feet
, swell, and somtimes have paines in them. If Pit
abounds, then the Belly, Armes, feet and eyes are hot,
and a man is thirsty. If Cuff abounds, the boddy and
Climbs are weak and have no stomack, if any—ill
' digestion proceeds from it, also much sweat.
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